Karl Lagerfeld Quotes

I will adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views.

All things change. Cultivate flexibility rather than perfection.

#1 Never Get Used to Anything.

If I learned anything from Betty coming into my life, it's to just be open to all the things that come along.

I shall not grow conservative with age.

I never stop making sure that what I say is the best of what could be said about a particular thing. It's a constant evolution. If I planted a tree one way yesterday, and somebody tells me of a better way to plant a tree, I think, 'You know, they're right, that's better.' Then I change my way to accommodate the new way of planting trees.

In this industry, where things change so quickly, I've found that having no expectations is the happiest way to go.

You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler.

For me, I just want to take things as they come.

Ignoring platforms that have gained critical mass is a great way to look slow and out-of-touch. Do not cling to nostalgia. Do not put your principles above the reality of the market. Do not be a snob.

The only reactionaries are those who find themselves at home in the present.

We are always in transition. If you can just relax with that, you'll have no problem.

You've got to bend with the wind or you're broken.

Keep an open mind and be ready to change and adapt to the situation. Don't ask reality to conform to your blueprint, but transform your blueprint to adapt to reality.

I find that it's almost essential to fall in love with an idea to invest the time it takes to make it good and worth sharing. And then, the hard part: deleting that idea when it's just not what it could be. Too often, organizations are good at the first part, but struggle with the second. And so we defend expired business models, support the status quo and have a knee-jerk inclination to preserve what we've got.

People change, couples change, and you have to be able to accept what is coming without trying to hang on things that you had before that they may disappear but they may transform into something that is even better.

People who are right most of the time are people who change their minds often

The only phrase I've ever disliked is, 'Why, we've always done it that way.' I always tell young people, 'Go ahead and do it. You can always apologize later.'

It can be scary to find out you've been wrong about something but we can't be afraid to change our minds, to accept that things are different, that they'll never be the same, for better or for worse. We have to be willing to give up what we used to believe. The more we're willing to accept what is and not what we thought, we'll find ourselves exactly where we belong.

The most popular persons are those who take the world as it is who find the least fault.

I just think it's ridiculous to be dogmatic and be caught in the past. You have to be open, aware, nimble and flexible about changes in the world.

Life will not always change, so we must be willing to change.

An acting teacher once told me, 'Greet everything with yes... Even if you abandon one idea for another one, saying yes allows you to move forward.'

Things are always changing. Part of being successful here is being comfortable with not knowing what's going to happen.

I'm not the type of person that just needs to feel concrete and like nothing's going to change. I revel in the change.